About 200 firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service and Los Angeles County worked Tuesday morning to enhance lines of cleared vegetation and put out lingering flames in Bouquet Canyon in the Angeles National Forest that scorched 48 acres of grass when an overturned pickup caught fire.
The USFS last reported that firefighters cleared vegetation with hand tools around 90% of the fire but officials considered it 50% contained and that the damage was holding at 48 acres..
The fire was first reported about 2 p.m. at Bouquet Canyon and Spunky Canyon roads near the Bouquet Reservoir, north of Santa Clarita, according to the L.A. County Fire Department and U.S. Forest Service.
The fuel was described on the USFS Inciweb site as moderate to heavy brush and light grass.
Water- and retardant-dropping aircraft were in the fire zone, according to the Forest Service. Firefighters are also using wildland fire engines, water tenders and hand crews in their battle against the brush fire.
A SigAlert was issued by the California Highway Patrol and Bouquet Canyon Road was closed. It shifted to a hard closure just after 5 p.m. enabling the CHP to clear the scene but leaving Bouquet Canyon Road closed, said CHP Officer Elizabeth Kravig.
No injuries were reported and no structures were threatened.